The spotlight on anti-Israel activism and anti-Jew hate in the country intensified this week as Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares escalated his investigation into American Muslims for Palestine, filing a petition in Richmond City Circuit Court to force the 501(c)(3)…
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Thespotlightonanti-Israelactivismandanti-JewhateinthecountryintensifiedthisweekasVirginiaAttorneyGeneralJasonMiyaresescalatedhisinvestigationintoAmericanMuslimsforPalestine,filingapetitioninRichmondCityCircuitCourttoforcethe501(c)(3)nonprofitorganizationtocomplywithacivilinvestigativedemandforitsrecords.
Theinvestigationintotheorganizationcouldexposethefinancialandoperationalunderpinningsofoneofthecountry’smostcontroversialanti-Israelorganizations,accusedofincitingviolenceagainstJews.Cofoundedin2006byHatemBazian,aUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeleylecturerwithacontroversialhistoryofanti-Semitism,AmericanMuslimsforPalestinehasbeenaleaderintheeffortstodismantlethestateofIsrael.ItoperatesunderthelegalnameofAJPEducationalFoundationInc.,basedinFallsChur
